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Edith's Streets

This blog records notes about London (and Greater London) streets - what the buildings are, what the background is. These pages have been compiled over many years and from many sources - its not intended to copy from other people's work.Each post represents a square on the Ordnance Survey grid -and the vast majority of information is culled from map based source material - Ordnance Survey, A/Z, etc.

On some inner city squares only a quarter of each square is done because of the volume of material involved

Please add your comments and corrections - I am sure there are lots of mistakes - and my idea is to build up a correct record interactively

Red- it is (hopefully) there nowBlue - its interesting but its goneNo colour, same as the text - don't know. needs to be verified

Turkey Brook - East Lodge

Founded in 1916. In the 1930s, as a result of Green Belt legislation, the land was purchased by Middlesex County Council from Trinity College Cambridge.

East
Lodge LaneThe lane was built as one of the requirements of the enclosure Act of the 1780s;East Lodge. Lodge of Enfield Chase - now
East Lodge Business Village – antique dealers. The Chase was divided into three 'walks' in the late 15th and it is probable that the Lodge dates from that time. East Lodge, is said to have been a hunting seat of Charles I but it was used as a keeper's lodge . Under the Commonwealth it was also known as Norris Lodge and was sold. It then included 38 acres and what was to become a gentleman's house. The Chase was divided up from
the 17th and the lodges were those leased out with land making up an estsate - East Lodge held 114 acres in 1845. They remained however with the Duchy of Lancaster. The Lodge was rebuilt in 1668 by Charles, Lord
Gerard, earl of Macclesfield and was later leased by Alexander Wedderburn, Lord
Chancellor and earl of Rosslyn and called Red Lodge. It was demolished before 1823.
The modern building is on the site of another demolished building - The White
Lodge.